LEON Legge is confident he can contain ex-Bee Charlie MacDonald – if he wins his race to be fit for Brentford’s Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash with MK Dons.

MacDonald is set for an early reunion with his former team-mates tomorrow night when the Bees face his new club MK Dons in the first round of the JPT.

The 30-year-old striker spent three seasons at Griffin Park, netting 45 times in 127 appearances for the club.

And Legge, who played alongside MacDonald for two of those seasons, believes the knowledge he has gained in that time will help him control the frontman.

“I’ve played against him plenty of times in training so I know what sort of player he is,” explained Legge. “He is a goal scorer so he is always going to be a threat.

“I’ve been here for two seasons now and that helps. I know his game, know his strengths. It’s a loss to the team but this is football, this is what happens really. At every club you will see players come in and out and you’ve just got to get on with it.

“He was the top scorer in his first two seasons and he is a natural goal scorer. I don’t know what was said between him and the gaffer but obviously he wanted a fresh start somewhere so good luck to him.

Legge was replaced by Marcel Eger mid-way through the second-half of the Bees’ 2-0 defeat to Tranmere on Saturday and now faces a race to be fit for the first round fixture.

He added: “It’s a glute problem and we don’t know the full extent. Hopefully it won’t be too bad. It was precautionary to come off; I just didn’t want to overdo it really.”

Meanwhile, boss Uwe Rosler will be without on-loan Celtic winger Niall McGinn , who is away on international duty, while Toumani Diagouraga (knee) and Kirk Hudson (hip) are still sidelined.